GHSA-qhxp-v273-g94hMediumCVSS 6.1
sanitize-html is vulnerable to XSS through incomprehensive sanitization
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
sanitize-html prior to version 2.0.0-beta is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The sanitizeHtml() function in index.js does not sanitize content when using the custom transformTags option, which is intended to convert attribute values into text. As a result, malicious input can be transformed into executable code.
🎯 Affected products1
- npm/sanitize-html:< 2.0.0-beta
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25225
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/issues/293
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/156
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/712cb6895825c8bb6ede71a16b42bade42abcaf3
- https://github.com/Checkmarx/Vulnerabilities-Proofs-of-Concept/tree/main/2019/CVE-2019-25225
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qhxp-v273-g94h